Audlem and Wrenbury
Parish in the County of Cheshire
Etymology
The township of Dodcott cum Wilkesley was partly in Audlem parish and partly in the Wrenbury chapelry of Acton parish. White (1860) puts it in Audlem following the 1841 Census, but local authorities in 1860 had it as in Wrenbury save for one house in Acton. It is now a c.p. including part of Shavington in Moreton Say Sa. The township contains the several hamlets of Dodcott and Wilkesley in Audlem parish, and of Smeatonwood (including Combermere) in Wrenbury chapelry. It represents the old demesne lands of Combermere abbey. Bryant's map (1831) shows the parochial boundary from the Sa border to Burleydam along Barnett Brook. St Michael's Church at Burleydam was a chapel-of-ease to Wrenbury, and NotCestr (1724) describes it in the Wrenbury township of Smeatonwood. There is a small detached portion of Dodcott cum Wilkesley in Acton township, v. 126infra .
Major Settlements
Other places in this Parish
Early-attested site
- Dodcott Fm
- Wilkesley
- Comber Mere, Combermere Abbey & Combermere Park
- Barn Wood Field
- Brankelow
- Brankelow Moss
- Brooks Mill, Oldmill Bridge
- Burleydam, Burleydam Bridge & Burleydam Fm, St Michael's Church
- Butterley Heys
- Cheshire Fields
- Big Ditchley & Little Ditchley
- Lightwood Green
- Lodmore Lane
- Royal's Green
- Smeaton Hall, Smeatonwood Fm, The Grange
Other OS name
- Adamley Pool
- Barnettbrook Bridge
- Big Wood
- Blackhurst Fm
- Chapel Covert
- Cocked Hat Plantation
- Combermere Wood
- Dodcott Brook
- Duckow Bridge
- Ferny Heys
- Goldsmith's House
- The Grange
- Hewitt's Moss
- Heyfields Fm
- Heywood Fm & Heywood Lane
- Kent's Rough
- Long Walk Covert
- Manor Fm
- Newhall Lane
- Newton Fm
- Northwoods Fm
- Oldmill Bridge
- Parkview Fm
- Pinsley Green
- Poole's Riding Wood
- The Rookery, Rookery Fm
- Shropshire Lane
- The Stairs
- Stonelodge Wood
- The Stews
- Walkmill Bridge, Walkmill Brook, Walkmill Covert & Walkmill Fm
- Wilkesley Covert
- Wilkesley Lodge
- Withymoor Fm
- Workhouse Cottages
- Yewtree Fm